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 4uo. Speotyto cunicularia brachyptera (Richm.*) 



[Speolylo cunicularia Molina, Saggio, Slot: Nat. del Chili p. 263 (1782) (Chile).] 

 Sj>eotyti> hrarhypUru Richm., Proc. U.S. Xal. Mus. xviii. (189(i) p. GG3 (Margarita Island, off 

 Venezuela.) 



Altagr.acia : c? ? 13, 30 Nov. 1897. " Iris lemon-yellow ; feet dusk}- olive : bill 

 olive-yellow." (Nos. 8621, 8949 Cherrie coll.) 



These two specimens agree perfectly with one of tlie cotypes (no. 367) collected 

 on Margarita by Lt. W. Robinson. Specimens from British fJniana, collected by 

 H. Whitely, also belong to the same form. 



406. Pisorhina choliba (Vieill.) (Psnbsp.). 



Strixcholihii Vieill., Xouv. Did. U,sl. Sat. vii. (1817) p. 39 (ex Azara— Paraguay.) t 



Qniribana de Caicara : S 3. iv. ; ? 6. iv. '08. " Iris lemon yellow ; feet dusky 

 lirownish ; bill greyish horn-colonr." 



Perico : ? 24. ix. '08. 



(Nos. 91218, 10636, one without number, Cherrie coll.) 



Ciudad Bolivar: ? 5. xii. '98 (Klages coll.) 



A larger series from the Orinoco might show that they are separable as a 

 new subspecies. The Orinoco specimens are apparently paler in coloration, and 

 resemble somewhat P. choliba decussata (Licht.) from Bahia, but there is generally 

 more of a rnfescent mixture above and below, and they are larger, c? al. 163, 

 cand. 87, culm. 16, tars. 32 ; ? al. 17(1, cand. 98, cnlm. 17^, tars. 33 mm. 



4UT. Glaucidium brasilianum phalaenoides (Daud.). 



[Slrix brasiliami Gm., Syst. Nat. I. (1788) p. 298 (ex JIarcgr. Brasil. or.).] 

 Sirix p/mlaenoides Daud'., Traiti d'Orii. ii. p. 206 (1800) (Trinidad). 



Perico : <? 21. ix. 98. " Iris lemon-yellow; feet olive-buff; bill horny pea-green." 

 This bird agrees very well with sjieeimeus from British (Jiiiana and Northern 

 Venezuela, and is apparently not separable from Trinidad skins. If we admit 

 (cf. Salvin, Biol. Cmtr. Amer. iii. p. 34) that the birds from Trinidad and the 

 mainland of South America are the same, the name phalai'iioide.i, being the earliest, 

 must be accepted. The crown of our Perico skin appears to be somewhat uniform, 

 l)ut this is apparently due to its damaged condition. 



408. Columba speciosa Gm. 



Cnlumha ispeciom Gm., Sijsl. Nat. (1788) p. 783 (ex Buff.— Cayenne). 



Maipures : S6 10, 20, 24 (bis), 27. xii., '98, 28. i. '9!i ; ? 10. xii. '98. 



" Iris Indian purple ; feet heliotrope (bright heliotrope) purple ; bill poppy-red ; 

 distal ^ pearl-white ; eyelids burnt carmine." 



(Nos. 11420, 11471, 11555, 11605, 11606, 11629, 11791 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : ? 26. x. 1900 (H. Klages). 



* We have accepted this name provisionally, but it is necessary to compare specimens from Brazil. 

 If they agree with the birds frum Venezuela, Guiana, and Margarit.i, then the name tS. cunicularia 

 (jrallaria (Temm.) \_Strix grallaria Temmiuck, PI. Ool. U6 (I'o Aug. 1822), and Spix Ai\ Bras. i. p. 21 

 (1824)] must be accepted. Both these authors quote very small mca^iurements. Richmond never referred 

 to ijraltaria when describing (as a species !) his Speotyto bracliypttra. 



t The name " brasiUamia," generally used for this species, cannot be employed tor it. C'f. Bcrl. Hull. 

 JI.O.C. xii. (Oct. lilOl) p. 8. 



